I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

The march seemed to have triggered some unpleasant memories for her, and she trembled slightly before shaking her head and laughing, "Ahaha, that...that was just an accident! I believe Oguri wouldn't do such a thing now!"

"March, don't talk nonsense! When did I ever say I was going to run to my benefactor? You're trying to spread rumors about me again!"

March shrugged, then turned to look at the blue sky and said, "Since Orn has already given you the item, this is a rare opportunity. Why don't you go try it out on the playground first?"

"Ah, Oguri might need another hour to eat. Aldan and Radiant will take her back."

"I'll take you to the playground now, and after you've tried on the shoes, you can go straight back to the dorm, okay?"

Qingyun Tiankong agreed to the march's suggestion, and the two went to the playground.

After the restaurant, there were even fewer female horses on the playground. As it gradually got dark, the huge streetlights around the playground came on.

The marching band placed the strange package on the ground, then took out a pair of silver-white board boots that matched the ones they wore during training.

"Here, try them on."

Qingyun Tiankong sat in the chair, trying to take off her shoes and put her feet into the iron boots.

The marching voice asked, "How are you feeling? Is it a bit too crowded?"

Qingyun Tiankong stretched his legs and said with some surprise, "No... rather, it's rather unusually suitable?"

She stood up from the chair and then jogged a few steps forward.

"Well?"

Almost the instant she took a step, a strange feeling arose in her body, and in a flash she realized the mystery of the shoes.

Seeing the surprise and a hint of realization on the girl's face, March chuckled and said, "It seems you've already discovered that the effects of these shoes go beyond that."

"You can also customize the range of pressure applied to the body parts you want to train, which is incredibly convenient!"

"Come on, I'll teach you how to use these boots now, and then you can adjust them to your own needs."

Qingyun Tiankong's lips parted slightly, his gaze complex as he stared at the boots on his feet that looked like they were made with some kind of alien technology.

But then she thought of all the strange tales she had encountered that day, and she fell silent, ultimately just nodding slightly.

After demonstrating the basic use of the boots to her, the marcher solemnly instructed, "Sky, Orn is currently busy with some matters and cannot come to give you a massage in person."

"When using these boots, remember not to wear them for more than an hour, otherwise you may get injured, which would be troublesome."

Qingyun Tiankong jumped up and down twice, feeling the visible changes in her body, and a surge of joy welled up inside her.

However, Qingyun Tiankong forcefully suppressed that heartfelt joy.

She let out a long sigh of relief, as if something had been put down, and said, "Okay, I know, I take good care of myself."

"It's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Hearing this, March couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As one of the first people to use the Orn brand's specially made sneakers, she knew very well how attractive these shoes were to Ma Niang.

This is similar to how American horse breeders consuming high-value crops; once they try it the first time, they get itchy all over if they don't try it twice a day.

In a way, the shoes Orn made were no different from leaves. Fujimasa still remembers that back in Kasamatsu, when he first experienced the powerful training effect of the shoes, he excitedly trained for seven hours straight before Orn dragged him back.

If no one had been watching, he might have continued training. Ultimately, he collapsed on the track due to dehydration, rhabdomyolysis, or some other ailment.

Now, after only a brief taste, Qingyun Tiankong showed no urge to run a couple of laps on the track. This strong willpower earned Tengzheng's admiration.

If Qingyun Tiankong had just said he wanted to train on the playground, she would have had to stay there to supervise, but now it seems there's no need for that.

"Alright, Sky," said March, hands on hips. "Let's meet at the playground again tomorrow, on the South Campus playground, where we usually train."

"As for the assembly time... the members of Dolan's team usually get up around 6:30 and then go to the cafeteria for breakfast,"

"Oh, right, how about we exchange contact information first? Let me see..."

Fujimasa took out his phone, preparing to share the Dolan Squad's Line group chat with the other party.

But after seeing a message someone else sent her, she suddenly froze.

Qingyun Sky tilted her head and asked, "March, what's wrong? Is your phone dead?"

"...No, I just saw a message from a friend."

"It seems that Xiao Li ate too much. Aldan and Guanghui are having trouble lifting her, so they asked me to go help them."

Fujimasa March shook his head and said, "Add me on Line first. I'll send you the location of our restaurant tomorrow morning. Just come over there then."

"Okay~~"

After adding each other on Line, March first sent Qingyun Sky to the vicinity of the dormitory, and then ran towards the restaurant.

Watching the white figure disappear into the distance, Qingyun Tiankong tossed the cloth bag in his hand, then turned and walked towards the dormitory.

However, instead of going into the dormitory, she walked around her dormitory building, greeted the dormitory manager, Fujiki Ishi, and then came out through a side door.

After walking through a nearby grove of trees and taking a longer route past the laboratory building, at Ma Niang's pace, for several tens of minutes, Qingyun Tiankong arrived at the North Campus playground.

Actually, there's not much difference between the South and North campuses of the school. The only difference is that the South campus is closer to the dormitories, so many trainers choose to meet at the South campus for convenience.

It was still during the holiday, so at least you could see a few people on the South Campus playground, but the North Campus playground was completely deserted.

Qingyun Tiankong turned her head and looked around. She walked to the audience seats, put down the cloth bag, and pulled out a pair of silver-white board boots from it.

She stared at the boots for a long time, then with slightly trembling hands, she unfastened the leather buckles on them.

Taking off his running shoes and slipping his feet back into the boots, feeling the soft, comfortable construction inside and the supportive pressure throughout his body, Qingyun Tiankong's heart stirred with excitement once more.

She stood up, then jumped from the steps onto the track.

After taking a deep breath, the short-haired girl began to run slowly around the playground.

At first, she only took tentative, slow steps forward, at a pace similar to, or even slower than, that of an average human walking.

Then, she began to try taking steps, jogging forward.

Even though he had already started running, and even though his current speed was still far slower than the speed he had run this afternoon, Qingyun Tiankong still felt an extremely strong sense of satisfaction.

It's a feeling of intense pressure throughout the body, a rush of blood, violent twitching of muscle fibers, and a rapid secretion of adrenaline—a feeling of exhilaration.

After running only a few dozen steps, Qingyun Tiankong's breathing became irregular, and sweat dripped down her face, falling onto the track.

"call........"

After catching his breath, Qingyun Tiankong blinked and continued running forward along the track.

The length of the central running track is not an exact figure, but rather a range, varying from 200 meters to 4000 meters.

The main reason for this is the competition venue. The central track is divided into inner and outer rings, and further subdivided into three types: grass, sand, and synthetic track.

Qingyun Tiankong initially only intended to run 300 meters, just to test the waters. Fujisaka's advice was still deeply etched in her mind; she still wanted to limit herself.

But when she came to her senses, she had already run 800 meters. Asking her to go back now felt like being paralyzed, making her extremely uncomfortable.

'I'll run a little longer, just a little longer...'

Qingyun Tiankong firmly established his bottom line in his mind as he ran forward quickly.

1000 meters, 1300 meters, 1500 meters, 2000 meters...

As the numbers continued to rise, her body should have felt increasingly tired.

Strangely enough, instead of feeling tired, Qingyun Tiankong felt increasingly energetic and powerful.

It's as if she's used some kind of skill; right now, she can not only run 2000 meters, but even another 2000 meters... no, another 3000 meters or 4000 meters, she can still finish!

Only after actually using those boots did Qingyun Tiankong realize just how futile all his previous training had been.

This feeling comes not only from the content of the training, but also from the training equipment used.

With each step she took, her body provided clear positive feedback; with each breath, her physical strength was significantly enhanced.

This visceral sensation, as if quantifying bodily data, stimulated Qingyun Tiankong's brain, driving her to run forward and accelerate until she lost control.

Wow! That's incredible! Is this the training equipment that Dolan's team uses every day?

If I had that kind of equipment, maybe... I could already make it to G2... no! G1 level matches!?

The current speed isn't enough! Accelerate! Keep accelerating!! I can already sense the threshold of the next realm!!!

Just one more lap, just one more time! And I can...

Just as she was about to accelerate again and launch another sprint towards the track, a deep voice suddenly sounded in her right ear.

"If we keep running like this, not only will you end up in the hospital, but I'll also get fired from school!"

"?"

Qingyun Tiankong glanced to her right in confusion, only to see the trainer from Dolan's team, whom she had met that afternoon, running alongside her at the same pace.

"Uhhhhhh!!!"

Startled, Qingyun Tiankong stumbled, the kinetic energy of his forward run turning into the kinetic energy of a forward roll.

After tumbling several times along the track, she finally stopped, looking up at the night sky in disbelief.

This...isn't this right?

Wait, I...I'm a horse's mother, aren't I? I should be a horse's mother, right? No, I am a horse's mother, aren't I?

Why is this person able to keep up with me at this speed? Is he the horse's mother or am I the horse's mother? No, to be more precise, how does he know I'm currently on the North Campus playground? How did he find out?

"[Could he be stalking me? I knew that burly man had ill intentions towards me a long time ago! He's a pervert! He deserves to die!]"

Orn mimicked Qingyun Tiankong's tone, speaking in a strange, affected voice.

"I guess that's what you're thinking, right? If I hadn't come to supervise you today, would you still want to keep running here? Running until you lose consciousness?"

Qingyun Tiankong lay on the ground, not refuting anything, but simply raising her hands and feet to indicate that Orn was right.

Orn chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Your stride is weak, your steps are sluggish, your sprinting is weak, and your long-distance running is poor! Do you really think you can bring glory to your family in the countryside with this kind of performance?"

"Putting aside your physical fitness and running form, your biggest problem is the bad habits you've developed. If you don't change those habits, or at least partially change them, then I can't let you join Dolan's team."

"Qingyun Tiankong, you... you like to use your clever tricks too much, or rather, you like to hide too much."

Chapter 239 Holy crap! Box!

Qingyun Tiankong, who was lying on the ground, frowned. She quickly sat up and looked at Orn with a suspicious expression.

"How did you find out about my family situation? You...you had someone investigate me?!"

"You've stolen someone else's information!! You've really broken the law this time!!"

"Uh, no, I just used my trainer badge to get a general idea from the school. It's not illegal at all,"

Orn shrugged and sighed, "After all, it's impossible for me to just take on a female horse who hasn't signed a contract two months after her debut, is it?"

"Background checks, personality assessments, peer reviews—these are all things I need to consider,"

"So today I went to ask some seniors for help, and I also talked to your homeroom teacher who teaches your academic subjects, so I roughly know your situation~"

After saying this, he took two steps forward, squatted down next to Qingyun Tiankong, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "How was it? Was my investigation accurate enough? Did I see right through you?"

What on earth is this guy saying? What do you mean he saw right through my underwear?? How can you talk like that?! And you're standing way too close! I can practically smell you!

The short-haired horsewoman's eye twitched. She reached out and tried to push Orn aside, but no matter how hard she tried, Orn remained motionless, like a stone lion placed in front of a temple.

There was no other way; Qingyun Tiankong had to try a different approach. Since he couldn't push the other side, he could simply move aside himself.

So she went from lying on the ground to crawling on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that she was on a rubber track, she would have taken a few bites of fresh grass to vent her anger.

Orn shook his head helplessly. He had spent the entire afternoon running around the school before he could roughly figure out what was going on with this short-haired horse girl.

He first went to Komiyama-senpai to ask for permission to access the horse girl's file, but Komiyama said he didn't have that authority and instead brought Orn to Tojo Hana.

After carefully inquiring about Orn's purpose, Tojo Hana handed him Qingyun Sky's file and also gave him the phone number of the teacher in charge of Qingyun Sky's academic classes.

"To understand Ma Niang, we need to not only look at her physical data, but also at her usual behavior and her classmates' evaluations. Only then can we be considered to be healthy."

After listening to Tojo Hana's advice, Orn nodded in deep agreement. After reviewing Qingyun Sky's information, he made two phone calls.

One call was to find some work for Brother Feibiao, who was working as a contractor at Yejin Ranch; the other was to invite Qingyun Sky's homeroom teacher out for coffee and, incidentally, to inquire about the students in her class.

He then approached Qingyun Tiankong's classmate, and after paying with some honey milk tea, learned about Qingyun Tiankong's usual behavior.

Perhaps because Ornn was so generous, the group of horse girls pushed another key figure onto him. From this person, Ornn gained even more firsthand information about the daily routines of Qingyun Sky.

After he had roughly organized the information he had gathered, he sent a message to March, asking her not to add Qingyun Sky to the Dolan Squad group yet, but to add March's personal account first.

He then went to the South Campus playground, searched for a few minutes but didn't see anyone, so he ran to the North Campus playground and finally caught Qingyun Tiankong, who was quietly competing.